The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-04-08

Jeet, to remember accurately, to
think earnestly, carefully and just
", to form regular habits, 10 be
punctual in every duty, to obey
cheerfully and promptly whatever
is right, to reason justly in regard
to every matter, to regard duty as
of first importancp-this, and
much more than this, is accom-
plished during school-llfe when
parents cooperate with teachers
and the child has not been peryer-
ted by indulgence. But all this is
not accomplished in a month, nor
is it an easy task. 1t requires a
great deal Of earnestness and self
denial. Every boy and every girl
should thoroughly learn what self
denial means, and not only learn
what self-denial mems. but they
should sesolutely put it into prac,
ticc. Those who obtain this disci-
pline will not only make the largest
progress in knowledge both as to
quantity and quality, but such boys
and girls will, become the most
respected aud the most useful men
and women. All studies, especially
the higher studies, have for their
object, the discipline of the mind,
Algebra for example. causes the
mind to think carefully, Justly
and with severe exactness. That
is the best educated man or woman
who has the best disciplined nind,
the best disciplined morals and the
best disciplined body. Inferior is
that discipline or that education
which leaves reason at war with
desire, and which suffers desire to
gain the victory over reason, right
and truth.
VALUE or ACCURATE THINKING
8. Accurate thinking is q. very
precious article. Wild thinking
is quite common. Thinking with
out reaching a conclusion is verv
common, and unjust conclusions
from poor thinking, followed by
mistakes, errors and failures in
life, are quite common. Observant
people have noticed these facts.
Many boys and girls are both un-
wise and unjust to themselves in
the course which they pursue, and
this conduct is the fruit Of ipsufii-
cieut and lnaccuraf thinking
There is perhaps no intention to
do wrong or to be unjust, yet ppo-
pie are wrong and unjust from
this cause in hundreds of instances.
They see one or two favorable facts
and act upon them. Other facts
not favorable to their course, they
do not see. What follows? a
fatal mistake, or a wretched blum
der, perhaps lifelong consequences
With many people, life is a chain
Of errors in regard to their best
interests. If these facts are true,
ii practical life, how valuable musl
be accurate thinkingl Earnest,
accurate, methodical thinking il
an important element of education
and is the direct fruit Of training
IN school. Thinking is to the
minds conclusions, what hight i
to darkness. II is more. Ii lis the
minds skill to see clearly all the
facts in gwen case.
MGsrKEs IN scHooL-LIFE.
4. There are thousands of boy'
and girls in the common schools
in the academies, il the colleges
all under the control Of faithfu
men and women, whose whole fu
sure will be cIouded through thu
serious mistakes made during
school-Iife. intellectual crlpples
intellectual dwarfs, ana moral iii
valids, diseased in mind and heart
throng all the walks Of like. Mis-
takes in school-life lay the foun
dation for mistakes in after life
The pupil that is not punctual il
school, will hardly learn punctual
ity by better method. The pu
pill that is indifferent to his studio
! viii hardly be attentive to busi
ness. Suppose a boy or girl
not in earnest at school, touche
every lesson daintily, easily sur
renders duty for pleasure, yield
to every impulse, bends befor,
every difficulty, complains o
every reasonable restraInt,-a kun
of sickly slip-shod in the reclta
ton, and the possessor Of the pnd
and vanity Of peacoek,-who i
obstinate in trifies aud follies, an,
undecided in serious matters, VIII
goes TO his work in school with
half>heart-an intellectual an
moral drone, and what sort Of
life may be expected from sue
Y wreiched material as a founda
ton? Let no one suppose, tha
mistakes IN school life are cheaI
things that can easily be wiped on